The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1887-10-13

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PROF. PHELPS ON LIQUOR.
To the Editor of The Times.
MY. DEAR SIR: Feeling a very
deep interest in the question that is
just now agitating the public mind,
l ask a little space in your paper.
trusting and hoping that my com.
munication may have little weight
in favor of the right, wish to call
the attention of my readers, to the
effect of alcoholic drink upon the
system. The very properties of al
cohol are enough to convince us that
there is no place for the article. out
side the laboratory of the chemist. A
few of these we notice. 1t is a we'll
known fact that it is of an infama-
ble nature; it will also cook an egg,
as effectively as will boiling water.
1t will as surely draw u blister as
will a musterd plaster (saturate a
piece of cotton, cover with oiled
silk to prevent evaperation) what
then must lie the effect upon the
delicate internal organs of the body !?
1t acts as stimulant, not by put
ting strength into man but by TAX
ing it out. just as a whip does to the
juded horse, while its influence us Il
narcotic is terrible us proof take a
swallow of alcohol into the mouth,
and the sense of taste will be so
blunted that, sweet and sour, salt
and bitter will all be alike. 1t is
destructive to life in all it's forms.
Five hundred parts water to one of
alcohol, will destroy vegetable life.
Try it on a house plant. Expert
ments have been made upon tad
poles, minnows, fowls, swine and
goats with the same results, viz (:
they all die; die the death of a
drunkard, Goats, which are pro-
verbal for toughness, were killed
by beer drinking. What it does to
plants and animals it does to man
us is attestcd by the vast army who
yearly fill drunkards graves. But
let us see how it kills let us see the
effect it has upon the various inter-
nal organs. 1t makes bad quality
of blood both by its destructive in
tuence upon the various food ele-
ments and also upon the digestive
juices. 1t coagulates or clots the
the blood. thus often causing death.
1t burns up the fluids of the body
especially of the liver and kidneys,
till they become dried, shriveled and
worthless, when the subject dies.
Its influence upon the heart is ter
rible, causing deposit of fatty
matter, till tie walls of the heart
becomes so weakened that it can no
longer do its work, and the victim
dies of apoplexy. Its effect upon
the brain is to harden it, and thus
causes paralysis of the brain and
nerves. 1t causes the whisky blush
and rum blossom, which shows that
the whole system is blushing for the
indignities that are being heaped
upon it. Beer drinking causes en-
largement of the kidneys and liver,
by fatty deposits, rendering them
susceptible to disease, as also with
the muscles. Bright's disease is
more common among beer drinkers
than any other class of men. 1t
causes consumption and insanity {;
also, idiocy; more than one half Of
the idiots of Massachusetts, also
Sweden and other European coun-
tries are from drunken parents. The
United States spends over one billion
dollars annually on strong drink, and
hnt FIVE and a half millions for chris
tian missions. This country has
more than 100000 whisky criminals
and over 100000 whisky lunatics at
an expense of over 100000, 900.
Think of this taxpayers. Think of
these things ye voters of Dakota,
and give strong and vigorous blows
L.